Down-With-Imperialism Union

The Down-With-Imperialism Union (DIU) was a Korean communist independence organization that was founded on 17 October 1926 by Kim Il-sung in China. The DIU was formed to fight against Japanese imperialism and to promote Marxism-Leninism; the movement helped to organize resistance to Japanese rule in Korea from Manchuria. The DIU was the immediate predecessoro of the communist Workers' Party of Korea, which was formed in 1949.